Simple.Beautiful.Life.: cricut explore projects

Hi everyone. I'm busy crafting for my family's Easter celebration next weekend. Over the next few days I'll be posting some of my projects here for you . Spring Shadow Box These are simple, inexpensive projects that you can try at home. First you'll need to gather the following materials: six small wooden oval shapes one 9 x 9 shadow box assorted paints and markers hot glue vinyl Cricut Explore cutting machine The Cricut Explore machine is optional. You can buy any vinyl saying at your local crafts store or online on Etsy. However, I highly recommend this awesome machine. No cartridges needed. First I purchased the six oval shapes at Michael's. They were found in the wood letter aisle and were only 29 cents each! Score! The cute shadow box was also on sale and it cost me around $8. I have a large assortment of paints and sharpies but I picked up a few more paints. They are only 69 cents and I picked ...

I had a hankerin' for some good ole' fashioned caramel popcorn and this easy recipe did NOT dissapoint. Here's what you'll need: I medium bowl of plain popcorn (microwave or air popped) 1/2 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons of light corn syrup dash of vanilla 12 large marshmallows I used my air popper to pop the corn. T hen I melted my butter in a saucepan. I added the rest of the ingredients and mixed them while stirring. Lastly, I added the marshmallows and melted them into the mixture. Immediately pour it on the popcorn and using a spoon coat all the popcorn. Transfer to a glass baking dish and enjoy!! Sinfully gooey and delicious!! And last but not least, here are a few pics of my last minute Halloween decorations. First up my mantle. The stencils for the wood blocks were cut with my new Cricut Explore which I absolutely love!! The cat face was also cut with the ...

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